$100,000 PASADENA STAKES QUOTES

$100,000 PASADENA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

FLAVIEN PRAT, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER:“He jumped well and I was able to get him to the outside of the leader and was travelling well all the way around. When I asked him to make a move he responded well. Once he got to the lead, he kind of waited on horses. But Mark told me he would like the distance and he was right.”

TRAINER QUOTES

MARK GLATT, FREEDOM’S NOT FREE, WINNER: “We were pretty high on him from the get-go, really from the time of the sale. His first two dirt efforts were a little less to be desired quite honestly. Maybe he had an excuse here or there in those races. The Omaha Beach’s have ran well on the turf and we got him on the turf and he kind of showed us what we might see early on with him. We have thought the further the better with him all along. He kind of got stuck in a couple of sprints just for the lack of an alternative place to run him. That was a good win today and I do think a mile and an eighth is certainly within his wheelhouse.”

NOTES: The winning owners are Blinkers On Racing Stable, Janlois Racing, LLC, Valinor Racing Stable, LLC, Tom Corbett, Adny Kwan and Jay Lester Wagner.